The Edge 500 attaches easily to the stem or handlebars of your bike with its low-profile bike mount. The Edge attaches easily to the mount with a simple quarter-turn. When you're ready to ride, just power on your Edge, acquire GPS satellites and go. Edge 500 features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver with HotFix® satellite prediction to calculate your position faster.

All Edge 500 versions work with third-party ANT+-enabled power meters to display your power output in watts as you ride. This valuable data shows you how hard you're working, regardless of conditions affecting your ride, so you can train smarter. Some versions also ship with a digital heart rate monitor and speed/cadence sensor.

Other helpful training features include a Courses feature, which helps you compare successive rides over the same route, as well as Auto Pause, Auto Lap and temperature readings. Edge also alerts you if you’re moving but the timer is not running.

Track Your Heart Rate

When paired with a Garmin heart rate monitor, Edge 500 tracks heart beats per minute and uses your heart rate for advanced calorie computation, so you know how many calories you're burning. Train in a certain heart-rate zone to improve your fitness level or compare your pace and heart rate to past performance over the same ride.

Analyze Your Ride

Once your ride’s done, connect Edge 500 to your computer with the included USB cable to analyze your performance. With a simple click, you can join a worldwide network of cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts through Garmin Connect™, a one-stop site for data analysis and sharing.

Physical & Performance:

Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 1.9" x 2.7" x 0.9" (4.8 x 6.9 x 2.2 cm)

Display size, WxH: 1.2" x 1.4" (3.0 x 3.7 cm)

Display resolution, WxH: 128 x 160 pixels

Touchscreen: no

Weight: 2 oz (56.7 g)

Battery: rechargeable lithium-ion

Battery life: up to 18 hours

Water resistant: yes (IPX7)

GPS-enabled: yes

High-sensitivity receiver: yes

Maps & Memory:

Basemap: no

Ability to add maps: no

Accepts data cards: no

History: 1,000 laps (dependent on memory usage)

Waypoints/favorites/locations: 0

Routes: 0

Features & Benefits:

Heart rate monitor: yes (some versions)

Bike speed/cadence sensor: yes (some versions)

Foot pod: no

Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to your computer): no

Garmin Connect™ compatible (online community where you analyze, categorize and share data): yes

Training Effect (measures impact of an activity on your aerobic fitness): no

Customizable screen(s): yes

Barometric altimeter: yes

Unit-to-unit transfer (shares data wirelessly with similar units): no

Power meter compatible (displays power data from compatible 3rd party ANT+™-enabled power meters): yes (records data approx. 1 per second)

Temperature (displays and records temperature while you ride): yes

Sport watch: no

Garmin Edge Out Front Bike Mount

Put you and your data ahead of the pack with this new out-front bike mount.

This mount allows you to take full advantage of all of the robust data that Edge® provides without compromising the ride. The Edge is out in front of you for easier, heads-up positioning and increased safety.

Use a Forerunner 910XT or 310XT with a quick release kit (sold separately) for training? You can use them with this mount, too. All you have to do is remove the screws from the bottom, rotate the inner-mount and reinsert the screws, and your watch will mount in the proper orientation on the handle bar.